Dame Vera was appointed Solicitor General in 2007. As the House of Common’s most senior law officer, Dame Vera was closely involved in criminal justice policy and legislation and played a key role in taking the Equalities Act 2010 through its House of Commons stages. In recognition of her service to women and equality, Dame Vera was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2017 and is the current Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.

Richard was appointed as Housing Ombudsman from 1 September 2019. He has extensive experience in the housing sector, with previous roles including Deputy Mayor of London for Housing, chair of the Homes for London board, and a non-executive director of Homes England.

Kate was Chief Executive of Gateway Housing Association for three years until starting her current role as Director of Consumer Regulation at the Regulator for Social Housing in July 2021. She was an external examiner for Westminster University until 2019 and a co-founder of the charity, Leadership2025, which aims to increase representation of black housing professionals in senior roles and address structural inequality.

Anthony received the Pride of Britain Award in 2002 for saving the life of a youth who had been stabbed in the heart. Anthony is a Sociapreneur and change agent. As well as working to secure a cultural organisational change in all public sector and private sector organisations and institutions, Anthony uses his time to support and nurture agents of change; young people who will develop the skills and attributes required to influence and champion social change in their communities.

A former police officer, Jason regularly sits on panels of events where he shares his knowledge on evidence based drug diversion, and on emerging schemes in the UK, such as at a recent side event held by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. He was recently commended for his work by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and notably this award acknowledges Jason’s leadership in changing the culture of those in law enforcement to see that a health based approach to those who use drugs is more effective than arrest to achieve a reduction in use.

After becoming Chief Superintendent in 2013, Andy was the Local Policing Commander for the South and then the West Local Policing Area. In 2017 Andy completed the Strategic Command Course and became Assistant Chief Constable for Local Policing and Public Protection.

Matthew grew up in Rusholme, Manchester; a deprived inner-city area that experienced high levels of gun and gang-related crime. Despite being offered an opportunity to become a professional basketball player, Matthew was drawn down a criminal path, becoming embroiled and leading a gang and serving a number of jail sentences for drug-related crimes. But after losing his brother to gang violence in 2011, Matthew has used his pain and loss to turn his life around. After gaining qualifications, and voluntary and formal work experience Matthew decided to form his own business which would allow him to assist young people in recognising the consequences of their lifestyle choices, create awareness of gang crimes and educate on preventative measures.

Harvinder Saimbhi is the CEO at ASB Help, a national charity dedicated to the memory of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter, Francecca. ASB Help champions the victims’ voice and Harvinder is extremely passionate about ensuring the victim is placed at the heart of the response when tackling ASB. Harvinder has worked in the field of community safety for over 25 years and has held several prominent positions in tackling hate crime and ASB. This was recognised and Harvinder was awarded a lifetime achievement award.

Mark Gilman has spent over 40 years working in addictions research, policy and practice. Mark was the Strategic Recovery Lead for Substance Misuse in Public Health England (PHE) where he always emphasised the importance of housing (along with employment and social connections) in successful recovery from Substance Use Disorders.

With almost 20 years’ experience of working within community safety and antisocial behaviour, Rebecca joined Resolve as CEO in 2018. Since then has continued to work closely with the Home Office and other Government bodies to represent Resolve members and influence national policy. Rebecca has also worked at Manchester City Council as Head of Crime and Disorder, and in 2015 Rebecca was awarded an OBE for services to the Community and Victim Support in Manchester.

Kuljit is the leading authority on the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. She has extensive experience of handling complex and high-profile cases including those that involve vulnerable perpetrators/victims with mental health problems and cases where there are Equality Act 2010 or Public Sector Equality Duty issues. She wrote ‘Cornerstone on Anti-Social Behaviour, the Second edition was published in May 2019.

Jenna leads the Health and Wellbeing team at London homelessness charity Evolve Housing + Support, offering psychological support to residents of their supported housing and external partners. She has previously managed mentoring programmes in the criminal justice sector and is a trustee for homelessness charity Restart.